BRAIN TEST/ PERSONALITY TEST ENTRY: Janruary 16, 2008
On Wednesday, January 9, 2008 last week, my 9th grade honors English class took a personality test. The test was composed of 40 questions, each including 4 descriptive adjectives from which we were to pick one or two that describe us best. After struggling through 3 questions, I began asking my friends around me to help me describe myself! Occasionally I would get answers from them such as, "You know yourself better than anyone else." Is that true? Should that be true? That night, I thought I would try a little test to see if anyone really knew who I was. I asked my mom the same questions as I had asked my friends about their descriptions of me. It was interesting to see how one group of people could see me in such an opposite light from the way my own mother sees me. For example, I would ask my friends to describe me as one of the following:
1. Too sensitive
2. Tactless
3. Timid
4. Talkative
While my friends quickly picked out talkative; when my mom was asked which word best describes me; she offered a totally different answer. She was split between timid and tactless! What a difference! This example shows a trend that occurred throughout the entire test. I think that really shows how differently a person can be perceived. I remember talking about a similar idea in class last semester. Mrs. Moritz was telling us about how she will act like a principle's wife, that is to say, composed and mild-mannered; where in the classroom she is free to be herself because she feels at home amongst a group of freshmen. I think my mom might perceive me differently because I have changed a lot as a person throughout my middle school/ high school experiences. While I was once an antisocial third grader who only had one or two really good friends, I believe I have recently evolved as a person and learned that small talk is not always as meaningless and futile as I had condoned it as being. Even though both I and my teacher have these two sides to our personalities, I don't believe we are two-faced. I think, in order to survive socially in a society with so many different types of people, one must learn to become a "chameleon" and adapt to the feel of the group surroundings. Two-faced? No. Complex personality? Heck yes.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2008 last week, my 9th grade honors English class took a personality test. The test was composed of 40 questions, each including 4 descriptive adjectives from which we were to pick one or two that describe us best. After struggling through 3 questions, I began asking my friends around me to help me describe myself! Occasionally I would get answers from them such as, "You know yourself better than anyone else." Is that true? Should that be true? That night, I thought I would try a little test to see if anyone really knew who I was. I asked my mom the same questions as I had asked my friends about their descriptions of me. It was interesting to see how one group of people could see me in such an opposite light from the way my own mother sees me. For example, I would ask my friends to describe me as one of the following:
1. Too sensitive
2. Tactless
3. Timid
4. Talkative
While my friends quickly picked out talkative; when my mom was asked which word best describes me; she offered a totally different answer. She was split between timid and tactless! What a difference! This example shows a trend that occurred throughout the entire test. I think that really shows how differently a person can be perceived. I remember talking about a similar idea in class last semester. Mrs. Moritz was telling us about how she will act like a principle's wife, that is to say, composed and mild-mannered; where in the classroom she is free to be herself because she feels at home amongst a group of freshmen. I think my mom might perceive me differently because I have changed a lot as a person throughout my middle school/ high school experiences. While I was once an antisocial third grader who only had one or two really good friends, I believe I have recently evolved as a person and learned that small talk is not always as meaningless and futile as I had condoned it as being. Even though both I and my teacher have these two sides to our personalities, I don't believe we are two-faced. I think, in order to survive socially in a society with so many different types of people, one must learn to become a "chameleon" and adapt to the feel of the group surroundings. Two-faced? No. Complex personality? Heck yes.